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A J HARTFORD METALLIC RAILWAY TIE.

No. 487,733. Patented Dec. 13, 1892.

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A. J; HARTFORD. METALLIC RAILWAY TIE. No. 487 .733. Patented Dec. 13,1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR J. HARTFORD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND HESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO THE A. J. HARTFORD STEEL RAILWAY TIE MANUFACTURINGCOMPANY, OF WEST VIRGINIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,733, dated December13, 1892.

Application filed March 2, 1 888.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. HARTFORD, of the city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement 5 in MetallicRailway-Ties, of which the following is a full, true, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improvement to in metallic railroad-tiessimple and cheap in construction, and when in place permanentlyretaining the rail in position without reliance upon bolts or nuts. Thearrangement likewise permits of the removal of a rail without disturbingthe tie or the replacing of a tie without disturbing the rail.

The invention is clearly shown in the accompanying drawings, in which--Figure 1 represents a plan view of a tie 2o brokenin the center, showingtwo rails in position; Fig. 2, an elevation, partly in section, of thesame; Fig. 3, a lateral view showing the tie-retaining mechanism; Fig.4, a section through the tie proper on the line 00 00, Fig. 5,

showing its retaining-lips; and Fig. 5, a section at right angles toFig. 4. v

The invention consists of the construction and novel arrangement ofparts, as hereinafter set forth.

The tie itself consists of a channel-beam, the section of which isclearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The ends of the tie are depressed at F,so as to prevent the longitudinal movement of the tie and to afford aspace upon 5 the ends of the tie, by means of which the tie may beballasted down.

The tie itself is rolled with a longitudinal channel E, and eight lips Kare punched up for the purpose of retaining the chairs. The

40 chairs O are shown in section, Fig. 2, and are each provided with,preferably, two retaining-lips G H, punched up from the body of thechair, as clearly shown. The lower part of this chair has a channelcorresponding to the channel E, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 and in dottedlines at Fig. 2. A look D is pro- Serial No. 265 972. (N0 model.)

vided, which is adapted to fill the chamber made by the correspondenceof these two channels. This bolt has one end turned up at right angles,as at L, so as to prevent the withdrawal of the bolt at the oppositeend. The opposite end may be depressed, as at M, locking the bolt frommovement in either direction. The method of arranging the rail inposition upon the tie can now be understood.

The ties having been placed in position, a suitable flanged rail is laidupon them and the chair is swung between the ties, so that the flangesof the rail A will drop between the lips H and G, sufficient distancebetween these lips being allowed for that purpose. The chair is thenputinto the position shown in the drawings, Fig. l, and driven beneaththe lips K. The lips K and the lips H and G may be then thoroughlytightened by the blows of a hammer and the bolt D driven into position,and when its end M has been driven down around the curve of the tie therail is firmly held in position.

It is obvious that the chair can be retained upon the rail by variousother mechanisms and that the depression of the tie ends F is notessential so far as the locking of the rail upon the tie is concerned.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is.

1. The combination of a tie having a longitudinal channel and lips forretaining a chair, a chair having a corresponding longitudinal channel,and a bolt for holding the chair upon the tie when it is driven beneaththe lips of the tie,substantially as described.

2. The combination of the tie B, having lips K, the chair O, having lipsG H, the bolt D, and the rail A, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR J. HARTFORD.

Witnesses:

ANTHONY GREE, WM. A. PoLLooK.

